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George M. Dallas

George M. Dallas
George Mifflin Dallas 1848.jpg
Daguerreotype of Dallas taken in 1848
11th Vice President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
President James K. Polk
Preceded by John Tyler
Succeeded by Millard Fillmore
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
December 13, 1831 – March 4, 1833
Preceded by Isaac D. Barnard
Succeeded by Samuel McKean
17th Pennsylvania Attorney General
In office
October 14, 1833 – December 1, 1835
Governor George Wolf
Preceded by Ellis Lewis
Succeeded by James Todd
80th Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In office
1828–1829
Preceded by Joseph Wilson
Succeeded by Benjamin Wood Richards
United States Minister to Russia
In office
March 7, 1837 – July 29, 1839
President Martin Van Buren
Preceded by John Randolph Clay
Succeeded by Churchill C. Cambreleng
United States Minister to the Court of St. James's
In office
April 4, 1856 – May 16, 1861
President Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by James Buchanan
Succeeded by Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office
1829–1831
Nominated by Andrew Jackson
Preceded by Charles Jared Ingersoll
Succeeded by Henry D. Gilpin
Personal details
Born George Mifflin Dallas
(1792-07-10)July 10, 1792
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died December 31, 1864(1864-12-31) (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Sophia Nicklin Dallas
Children 8
Alma mater College of New Jersey
Profession Theologian, Judge, Politician
Religion Episcopalian
Signature Cursive signature in ink

George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as Mayor of Philadelphia, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1831–33) and the 11th Vice President of the United States (1845–49).

George Mifflin Dallas was born on July 10, 1792, to Alexander James Dallas and Arabella Maria Smith Dallas (born Devon, England) in Philadelphia. His father, born in Kingston, Jamaica and educated in Edinburgh, was the Secretary of the Treasury under United States President James Madison, and was also briefly the Secretary of War. George Dallas was given his middle name after Thomas Mifflin, another politician who was good friends with his father.

Dallas was the second of six children, another of whom, Alexander, would become the commander of Pensacola Navy Yard. During Dallas's childhood, the family lived in a mansion on Fourth Street, with a second home in the countryside, situated on the Schuylkill River. He was educated privately at Quaker-run preparatory schools, before studying at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), from which he graduated with highest honors in 1810. While at College, he participated in several activities, including the American Whig–Cliosophic Society. Afterwards, he studied law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1813.


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